The 2007 Checklist Awards

Best Well Developed Minor Characters: Darker Than Black

Honorable Mentions: Clannad, Higurashi Kai

Best Simultaneous Subplots: Higurashi Kai

Honorable Mentions: Darker Than Black, Claymore

Best Unforeseeable Plot Twists: Higurashi Kai

Honorable Mentions: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Claymore

Best Comical Victimization: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Honorable Mentions: Umisho, Doujin Work, Seto no Hanayome, Minami-ke

Best Recurring Random Character: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Honorable Mentions: Lucky Star (old lady), Seto no Hanayome (cat)

Best Badass Mid-episode Transitions: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Honorable Mentions: Zetsubou Sensei, Shana II

Best Soundtrack by Yuki Kajiura: El Cazador de la Bruja

Honorable Mentions: N/A

Best Frequently Updated Intro/Ending Visuals: Seto no Hanayome




Honorable Mentions: Zetsubou Sensei

Best Fade into Intro/Ending: Nodame Cantabile

Honorable Mentions: Kyoshiro

Best Themes of Hatred/Suffering/Revenge: Higurashi Kai

Honorable Mentions: Claymore, iDOLM@STER

Best Lesbians: Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora

Honorable Mentions: You're Under Arrest (ending only)

Best Hilarious Ambiguously Gay Dude: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Honorable Mentions: El Cazador, Nodame

Best Stylish Visual Effects: Hidamari Sketch

Honorable Mentions: Zetsubou Sensei, Gurren Lagann

Best Dinosaurs: Seto no Hanayome

Honorable Mentions: N/A

Best Giant Robots: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Honorable Mentions: iDOLM@STER, Kyoshiro

Best Tournament Competition: Umisho

Honorable Mentions: Nodame

Best Catchy Dance Sequence: Lucky Star

Honorable Mentions: Seto no Hanayome

Best Rivalry: Umisho

Honorable Mentions: Doujin Work, iDOLM@STER

Best Graphic Violence: Higurashi Kai

Honorable Mentions: Claymore, Devil May Cry

Best Character Vaguely Resembling Myself: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Honorable Mentions: Darker Than Black (Hei)

Best Failed Confessions and Misunderstandings: Doujin Work

Honorable Mentions: Minami-ke

Best Mangled English: Genshiken 2

Honorable Mentions: Take your pick

Best Exaggerated Foreign Accent: Lucky Star

Honorable Mentions: Genshiken 2, Nodame

Best Amusing Facial Distortions: Mokke

Honorable Mentions: Minami-ke

Best Pimp in a White Suit: Seto no Hanayome

Honorable Mentions: Darker Than Black

Best Bitch-Slut-Pussy Tandem: Shakugan no Shana II



Honorable Mentions: Umisho

Best Soft-spoken Girl Voiced by Mamiko Noto: Clannad

Honorable Mentions: Shana II, Nodame

Best List of Progressively Revealed Elements: Claymore

Honorable Mentions: iDOLM@STER

Best Time Travel: Higurashi Kai

Honorable Mentions: N/A

Best Shameless Advertisements: Darker Than Black

Honorable Mentions: Lucky Star

Best Catch Phrases: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann


Honorable Mentions: Higurashi Kai, Zetsubou Sensei

Best Obligatory Hot Springs Episode: El Cazador de la Bruja

Honorable Mentions: Kyoshiro, Zetsubou Sensei, Umisho

Best Self-Parody: Lucky Star

Honorable Mentions: Shana II, Seto, Zetsubou Sensei

Title
 Awards Nominations Season Genre Grade
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
5
7
 Summer Mystery-Drama +++
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
5
7
 Spring Robot-Action ++
Seto no Hanayome
3
7
 Spring Comedy +
Lucky Star
3
5
 Spring Otaku-Comedy +
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei*
2
8
 Summer Comedy ++
Darker Than Black
2
5
 Spring Action-Drama ++
Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho
2
5
 Summer Sports-Fanservice +
El Cazador de la Bruja
2
3
 Spring Action-Drama ~
Claymore
1
5
 Spring Action +++
Nodame Cantabile
1
5
 Winter Comedy-Drama ++
Shakugan no Shana II*
1
4
 Fall Action-Drama +
Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora
1
4
 Winter Action-Drama ~
Doujin Work
1
3
 Summer Otaku-Comedy +
Clannad*
1
2
 Fall Drama ++
Genshiken 2*
1
2
 Fall Otaku-Comedy +
Hidamari Sketch
1
1
 Winter Slice of Life +
Mokke*
1
1
 Fall Slice of Life-Fantasy +
iDOLM@STER XENOGLOSSIA
0
4
 Spring Robot-Action +
Minami-ke*
0
3
 Fall Comedy ++
You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle*
0
1
 Fall Action +
Devil May Cry
0
1
 Summer Action-Drama +
*Still watching

Notes & Comments:

The Fall season gets screwed by end of the year awards...oh well...

The final tally shows you that the best shows don't always have the best elements, and watching the best shows doesn't always get you the best variety...

I can't believe El Cazador beat Claymore...Blue-Eyes is so hot...Claymore should've had a hot springs episode...

Comedies got the most nominations...Slice of Lifes got the least nominations...can't be helped...

Not enough time travel...giving it to Higurashi was a stretch...there would've been at least two solid candidates last spring (Simoun, Haruhi)

I watched as many otaku-comedies and pure comedies...what the hell is wrong with me...


Denno Coil would've won 4409 awards if I'd watched it